OBINO Simwaba Conservation Corner

Acmella radicans var. radicans (White spot-flower) growing on the forest floor of the Victoria Falls rainforest sprayzone.
A rare, annual understorey herbaceous species with spectacular flower bloom.

Botanical name: Opuntia ficus-indica
Common name: Prickly pear
It's a drought tolerant succulent, introduced, but naturalized, and one of many invasive alien species that are a menace to the local ecosystem.
In this pic, captured growing along the dry Batoka gorge cliff overlooking the Victoria Falls bridge.
It can be planted around homesteads as an ornamental and hedge plant. It has both nutritional and medicinal values as it bears edible fruits, and an infusion of chopped succulent leaves taken orally helps to relieve bloating (stomach gases).

This aromatic shrub occurs mostly along moist margins of the Victoria Falls rainforest. Recently split from the broadly defined Tetradenia riparia.
Botanical Name: Tetradenia galpinii
Common Names: Misty plume bush, Gingerbush
Uses: infused aromatic leaves are useful for relief of coughs, respiratory ailments, headache, etc by inhaling the aromatic scent. You can also utilise it as a culinary herb, and can effectively ward off mosquitoes if planted as an ornamental plant.

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Red velvet mites(Rain bugs) signalling the onset of the rainy season.

Common name: Love Vines
Scientific name: Cassytha filiformis.
Parasitic vines useful as an aphrodisiac!